Zeta functions that hear the shape of a Riemann surface
Operator Algebras
2009-11-13 v1 Differential Geometry
Dynamical Systems
Abstract
To a compact hyperbolic Riemann surface, we associate a finitely summable spectral triple whose underlying topological space is the limit set of a corresponding Schottky group, and whose ``Riemannian'' aspect (Hilbert space and Dirac operator) encode the boundary action through its Patterson-Sullivan measure. We prove that the ergodic rigidity theorem for this boundary action implies that the zeta functions of the spectral triple suffice to characterize the (anti-)conformal isomorphism class of the corresponding Riemann surface. Thus, you can hear the shape of a Riemann surface, by listening to a suitable spectral triple.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0708.0500,
title = {Zeta functions that hear the shape of a Riemann surface},
author = {Gunther Cornelissen and Matilde Marcolli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.0500},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
19 pages, 3 figures